BHS girls soccer now 2-1 in DSL play

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Dec 20, 2012 at 3:00 PMDec 20, 2012 at 3:24 PM

The Burroughs girls soccer team is starting to show signs of how good it can be.The Burros beat Silverado 2-1 Wednesday in Sherman E. Burroughs Stadium to move their record in Desert Sky League play to 2-1.“The girls are starting to get really excited with the way we are playing,” BHS Coach Kelly Blake said. “We are 5-6 now, so we're looking forward to a chance at being .500 on the season.”

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RIDGECREST — The Burroughs girls soccer team is starting to show signs of how good it can be.The Burros beat Silverado 2-1 Wednesday in Sherman E. Burroughs Stadium to move their record in Desert Sky League play to 2-1."The girls are starting to get really excited with the way we are playing," BHS Coach Kelly Blake said. "We are 5-6 now, so we're looking forward to a chance at being .500 on the season."The Burros were extremely dangerous throughout the game, kicking through balls at will to forwards running toward open spaces in Silverado's defense. Although the Burros scored only one goal in the first half, they could have easily had three more."We've been really stressing for our players to look up when they receive the ball to find open teammates," Blake said. "We're looking for the best option, and with our speed up front, we have the ability to take advantage of those through-ball opportunities."Blake said Lorena Moreno was a key part of those connecting passes that were dangerous to the Silverado defense. Playing at center mid, Moreno made sure she won every 50/50-ball opportunity and kept the Burros' attack moving forward.Burroughs got it's first goal off the head of Juliette Wander. Wander usually doesn't play that far forward, but did so in that instance because of a corner kick. Joelle Steichen put the ball in the air and Wander finished it for the Burros' first goal of the game.The Burros took a 1-0 lead into halftime, but Silverado answered in the second half to tie the game at 1-all.With under 10 minutes remaining, the Burros got the game-winning goal, this time off a free kick taken by Steichen. Zaylee Armstrong scored off another ball placed in front of the goal by Steichen to give the Burros the win."We're happy to get the win," Blake said. "We've been passing the ball a lot better and we probably should have had a couple more goals, but thankfully we scored late in the game. Now, we're trying to reach 6-6."The Burros move on play Victor Valley at 4:30 p.m. in Sherman E. Burroughs Stadium.